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Opening photo: The automatic proďŹ le recognition and coating system SAT Smart-Coat.
INNOVATIONS: PRESENT&FUTURE
SPECI AL AL UMI N I U M & DE SIGN
SAT Smart-Coat: A Profile Vision and Recognition System Carlotta Trevisan SAT Spa, Verona (Italy)
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carlotta.trevisan@sataluminium.com
AT presented its new technology at the ALUMINIUM 2000 conference held in Verona, Italy, in June 2017 (Fig. 1), through its Global Sales Manager Andrea Trevisan. This important innovation, resulting from the fundamental work of its R&D department, is SAT Smart-Coat, an automatic profile recognition and coating system (ref. Opening photo).
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Preliminary remarks With the 2017 Budget Law, the Italian Government has committed itself to supporting innovative business investments, with a particular attention to the equipment related to the Industry 4.0 concept, i.e. the digitisation process occurring in the manufacturing sector aimed at creating
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a production flow that is as integrated and automated as possible. Its benefits are greater productivity in less time, reduction in errors, better quality of products, reduced waste, increased product competitiveness due to the greater functionality resulting from interconnection, and remarkable energy savings.